Camping in Yorkshire

Date: 11 May 2009 20:29:13

At the weekend The Mister and I had our first ever camping trip together. We went to Howgill Lodge in the Yorkshire Dales and it was absolutely beautiful. The only downside was that it was absolutely freezing at night, despite the fact that we looked a bit like the The Princess and the Pea because we had so many duvets and blankets. The site was a beautiful terraced site with sheep and lambs over the dry-stone wall from our tent and a gorgeous bluebell wood near the toilet block. On the last day we got woken up by this really peculiar noise, and when I got up to go and visit the... ahem... facilities... there was this pheasant sitting on the wall by the tent and making the most obscene noise. On the Sunday, once we had packed up the tent and the many, many blankets we went for a lovely walk around Bolton Abbey. The wild flowers were absolutely beautiful and it would have been really peaceful... but there were loads of people also out enjoying their day!

It was lovely to be outdoors again and I do love camping, even if it was only for a couple of days. We are off to the Lake District at the end of the month and I can't wait.